Belt-buckle.



No. 728,641. 4 PATENTED MAY 19, 1903. B. WILENTSHIK.

BELT BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25. 1902.

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UNITED STATES.

Patented May 19, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

BERNHARD WILENTSHIK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A SSIGNOR TO MARY WILENTSHIK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BELT-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,641, dated May 19, 1903.

Application filed July 25, 1902. Serial No. 116,927. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNHARD WILENT- SHIK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Belt-Buckle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved belt-buckle arranged to permit adjustment for wearing the belt either straight around the waist in the usual manner or with a dip at the front to produce the so-called French effect.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as

will be. more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims. I

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a side elevation of the improvement, showing the buckle members buckled together for Wearing the belt straight around the waist. Fig. 2 is a like view of the same, showing the buckle members buckled together for wearing the belt with a dip at the front. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional plan view of the improvement on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig.4 is a face view of the receiving buckle member. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a modified form ofthe buckle. Fig. 6 isa face view of the receiving member of the buckle shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a sectional plan view of another modified form of the improvement. Fig. 8 is a front elevation of the receiving member of the buckle shown in Fig. 7, parts being broken out. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of another modified form of the improvement as applied to a belt. Fig. 10 is a face view of the receiving buckle member applied tofthefront face of one end of the belt shown in Fig. 9, and Fig. 11 is a face view of the hook member applied to the rear face of the other end of the belt shown in Fig. 9.

The belt-buckle shown in" Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 consists, essentially, of the separable members A and B, provided with bars 0 and C or other fastening devices preferably located at the back of the members and arranged to receive and hold the ends of a belt D. The means shown inthe drawings for fastening the buckle members A and B together are of the hook-and-eye type; but other fastening means may be employed. The arrangement, however, is such that the receiving member A is provided with a plurality of eyes E and E, standing at angles one to the other and to the bar 0, as plainly indicated in Fig. 4, one of the eyes being adapted to be engaged at a time by a hook F, held on the other buckle member B and standing at angles to the bar 0 of this buckle member.

Now when it is desired to use the belt straight around the waist, as indicated in Fig. 1, then the user hooks the hook F into the eye E; but when it is desired to wear the belt with a point or dip at the front'then the hook F is engaged with the other eye E, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

By the arrangement described it is not necessary to lengthen or shorten the belt D for the same person when itis worn either straight or with the dip, as the connecting means of the buckle members A and B provide the necessary lengthening when changing the belt from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 2.

In the arrangement shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 the joint of the buckle membersA and B is covered by a circular ornamentG, secured to the front face of the member B, the center of the ornament coinciding with the middle of the hook F, as indicated in the drawings.

As illustrated in Fig. 4, the eyes E and E cross each other; but they may be spaced apart, as illustrated in Fig. 6, in which the eyes E and E of the member A stand at angles to the bar 0 of the member A and are adapted to receive the hook F on theother member B. In this case the ornament G for the joint of the two buckle members can- 7 not be rigidly attached to the member 13, as

the two members A and B would not stand symmetrically one to the other when changing the hook F from the eye E to the eye E Now in order to maintain symmetry between the members A and B, no matter which of the eyes E or E is engaged by the hook F, I pivot the ornament G at G on the buckle member B, so as to allow of swinging the ornament into a proper vertical position. By the arrangement described I am enabled to use an ornament G of any desired shape that is, I am not limited to the circular shape which is necessary in the device illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 to maintain symmetry of the members A and B, no matter in what buckled position they may be.

In the arrangement shown in Fig. 7 the member A is provided with a bar 0 and the hook F of the member B is formed doubled up to provide a front spring-plate B and a back plate B having a plurality of crimps E, E E and E in the shape of ridges, which form receivers for the hook of the other section, said ridges standing at angles one to the other, as plainly indicated in Fig. 8, so that when the member A with its hook F is pushed between the plates B and B then the book may be moved in engagement with any one of the ridges to securely buckle the members A and B together, as indicated in Fig. 7. The ridges of the buckle member B stand at angles to the bar 0 to which one end of the belt D is attached, it being understood that the bars 0 and C are the same as in the other form and that the belt is attached to them in the same way, and it is evident that by the arrangement described the belt.may be worn straight when the hook F is moved in engagement with the eye E or at a dip or point of any desired degree by engaging the hook F with the succeeding eyes E E E.

It is frequently very desirable to allow of lengthening or shortening the belt to suit the size of the waist, and when it is desired to wear it in either of the two positions mentioned and in order to allow such adjustment of the belt I prefer the construction shown in Figs. 9, 10, and 11, in which the receiving member A is secured to the face of the belt D near one end and is provided with two sets of eyes E and E of which the eyes in the set of eyes F. stand parallel one to the other, but at angles to the parallel eyes in the set of eyes E The hooking member 13 is secured to the under side of the belt near the other end. This end overlaps the belt at the receiving member. N ow by hooking the hook F into any one of the eyes E the belt is held with a dip at the front and can be lengthened or shortened within the range of the said eyes E and when the hook F engages one of the eyes E the belt stands straight around the waist, and the length of the belt varies according to which of the eyes E is engaged.

The members A and B are riveted or otherwise secured to the belt ends, as indicated in Figs. 10 and 11.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A belt-buckle comprising two members and means carried by said members for interlocking the members with each other in longitudinal alinement or at angles one to the other.

2. A belt-buckle comprising two members and means carried by said members for interlocking the members with each other in longitudinal alinement or at angles one to the other, and a covering ornament held on one of the members and extending over the other member at the joint of the members, as specified and for the purpose set forth.

3. A belt-buckle comprising members having means for buckling the members together and standing in longitudinal alinement or at angles one to the other, and a covering ornament adjustably held on one of the members and extending over the other member at the joint of the members, whereby said ornament may be adjusted to occupy symmetrical relation to the buckle members, irrespective of the latters buckled position, as set forth.

4. A belt-buckle having a receiving member, and a back plate on the receiving member, having a plurality of receivers standing 7 at angles one to the other and the hook member having a hooking device for engaging any one of the said receivers, as set forth.

5. A belt-buckle comprising a receiving member having a plurality of eyes standing at angles one to the other, and a hook member having a hook for engaging any one of the said eyes, as set forth.

6. A belt-buckle having a receiving mem-' ber provided with a plurality of receivers standing at angles one to the other, anda hook member having a hooking device for engaging any one of the said receivers, as set forth. a

7. A belt-buckle having a receiving member provided with a plurality of receivers standing at an angle to each other, one of said receivers being disposed vertically, and p a hook member having a hooking device for engaging any one of the said receivers, as set forth.

8. A belt-buckle comprising a receiving member having sets of eyes, the eyes in one set standing parallel to each other and at angles to the eyes in the other set, and a hook member having a hook for engaging any one of the eyes in the said sets, as set forth.

9. A belt-buckle, comprising two members one of said members having a hook and the other having cooperating receivers to be engaged by said hook, said hook and one of the In testimony whereof I have signed my parts to be engaged thereby being oppositely name to this specification inthe presence of 10 disposed at the same angle to a line passing two subscribing witnesses. longitudinal of their respective members, and V the other part to be engaged by said hook BERNHARD E I being disposed at an angle to its respective l Witnessesz- 1 member different from the angle which the THEO. G. HOSTER,

hook bears to the hook. member. IDA WILENTSHIK. 

